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USS LST-831


International Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LST-831 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 August 1944, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA.
  • Launched, 6 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LST-831, 8 November 1944, LT. Robert T. Leary, USCGR in command
  • During World War II USS LST-831 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LST Flotilla Twenty-Nine, CAPT. H. E. Richter USCG (24);
     LST Group Eighty-Seven; CDR. E. Anderson USCG;
     LST Division One Hundred Seventy-Four, and participated in the following campaign

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 10 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LST-831 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    9 to 25 September 1945
    12 October 1945 to 1 November 1945

  • Decommissioned, 15 April 1946, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 December 1947, for disposal
  • Sold for commercial operations, 8 July 1947, to Compania, Naviera, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LST-831 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    1,625 t.(lt)
    4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
    2,366 t. (beaching displacement)
    Length 328' o.a.
    Beam 50'
    Draft
    light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
    sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
    landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
    limiting 11' 2"
    maximum navigation 14' 1"
    Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
    Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
    Complement
    13 officers
    104 enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    16 officers
    147 enlisted
    Boats 2 LCVP
    Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
    Typical loads
    One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck
    Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
    Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was
    2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
    12 single 20MM gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 1,700shp
    twin rudders
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    LST-831
    1016083105     		146k USS LST-831 at Pittsburgh, PA. Navy Navy Friday, 27 October 1944.
    Pittsburgh Post Gazette Archives    		 David Wilson
    LST-831 56k USS LST-831 beached, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret
    LST-831 73k USS LST-831 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.    		 Mike Green
    LST-831 78k USS LST-831 approaching the beachhead at Okinawa on D-Day, 1 April 1945. (Note: the unauthorized letters "USCG" stenciled on her inner hull above the main ramp.
    US Coast Guard photo from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.    		 Mike Green
    LST-889 227k USS LST-831 and USS LST-889 beached with bow doors open, date and location unknown Keith Brooker
    LST-831 279k USS LST-831 high and dry, date and location unknown. Keith Brooker
    LST-831
    1016083106     		158k USS LST-831 underway, possibly, in San Francisco Bay circa 1946-1947.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 79566 from the Vellejo Naval and Historical Museum    		 Darryl Baker
    USS LST-831
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Leary, Robert T. USCGR8 November 1944 - 1 September 1945
    02LT. Treadwell. Donald H. USCGR1 September 1945 - 1946
    01LT. Tomshack, C. C. USCGR1946 - 15 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The USS LST Ship Memorial
    LST Home Port
    State LST Chapters
    United States LST Association
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